Everyday tips that everyone should know
Domestic Dadsplaining
The right way to squeeze toothpaste tubes is classic Dadsplainer territory. I can give you an incontrovertible Dad explanation as to why there can only be one rational end to squeeze… But chances are your opinions and practices are already … Continued
Efficiency – that’s what I’m about. Usually with regards to trivial day-to-day actions. Like analysing whether you should put sugar first or milk first on your cereal… Do I apply this same scrutiny to big, important things? I hope so … Continued
Every Saturday, for many years now, I treat myself a looooong soak in a bubble bath. It’s my carrot that keeps me going to the end of each week. For me, the essentials for a luxuriously satisfying bath are: Lots … Continued
When most people open a powdered drink tin, they leave a jagged edge on the foil. Apart from looking a little unsightly, it can present a real risk of injury. But decades ago I found a quick, easy and effective … Continued
Saw this pet-hate practice at the AirBnB we were just at; placing upside down cups in your kitchen cupboard. This falls squarely into that category of ‘everybody else does it so I’m just going to do it too.’ But it … Continued
If you ask most people their ‘secret hack’ to dry out wet shoes they’ll probably trot out the time-honoured way handed down from their Mum: newspaper. This method is so entrenched in the communal psyche that it’s just blindly carried … Continued
One of the key reasons I’m always looking for ways to make daily humdrum chores more quick, easy and effective is because I’m inherently lazy. I don’t wanna spend any more time and energy than necessary doing stuff, especially if … Continued
A technique to solve a messy problem which, unfortunately, I’ve had a lot of opportunity to refine. Let me Dadsplain with a grisly anecdote… When I was… 5, I think… anyway, thereabouts – I had an ‘incident’ which I’ve related … Continued
Toilet paper is an old pot-boiler for the opinionated Dad. But, of course, it got topical again in early 2020 when everyone decided their own ablution needs trumped everyone else’s igniting a panic hoarding frenzy. If I’m talking right now … Continued
When I was 11 or so some friends of someone I guess I was related to showed up with Aunt so & so and camped out with us. [this is when we were part of Fiji’s international airport staff community] … Continued
